Job 22:10

For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

In Context

9You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

11Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

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Cross References

Job 13:21Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Job 18:11He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

Psalms 11:6On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Proverbs 3:25Have no fear of sudden danger, or of the storm which will come on evil-doers:

Matthew Henry on Job 22:6-15

Job Accused of Various Crimes. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee,… Read the whole commentary →

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